The France striker scored his first goals for Barcelona in their 5-2 win in La Liga on Sunday night.

And after his second strike, he raced over to the corner flag and was handed a tub of glitter by Barcelona's social media man.

He threw the red and blue glitter in the air - just as basketball star LeBron James does with chalk.

Griezmann, a huge basketball fan, said: "I see Leo [Messi] doing it in training and try to copy him. I like the ritual Lebron does and I tried to copy him.

Antoine Griezmann celebrates with glitter (Image: Reuters)

Griezmann took inspiration from LeBron James (Image: Getty Images)

"They woke us up with their goal and we played a great game with many chances.

"We really wanted to improve after Bilbao. There is still margin to improve but it is the line to follow. When important people are missing, the team takes a step forward and it has been like that.

"If I make goals and give assists it is thanks to the team, I can't do it alone.

"This is a tricky stadium for me. There's not many in Spain where I haven't scored and this was one of them, so I'm really happy for the goals, the way the team played and for the atmosphere.

"I know that people are expecting a lot of me, my first game wasn't great so I just wanted another game to come along."

Griezmann broke his Barcelona duck (Image: SIPA USA/PA Images)

Griezmann bagged a brace (Image: Getty Images)

Greizmann had been unable to find the net in his Barca debut as the side went down 1-0 to Athletic Bilbao last weekend - and boss Ernesto Valverde had called for him to be more involved on his Nou Camp bow.

The World Cup winner duly responded with a brace and an assist as Barcelona - without injured Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele - came from behind to secure all three points.

Valverde said: "I have to recognise that it was an important day for him due to the injuries we had. He reacted perfectly.

Griezmann's second goal helped Barca to a 5-2 win (Image: REUTERS)

"He dropped into the midfield to help and he made an impact. We know that if attacking players track back, we have a better chance of winning."

The home side found themselves a goal down early on when Nabil Fekir opened his account for Betis on 15 minutes but Griezmann equalised shortly before half-time and curled in a superb second early in the second half which had Suarez and Messi beaming their approval.

Goals from Carles Perez and Jordi Alba made sure of the points before Griezmann - signed for more than £100m - set up substitute Arturo Vidal for the fifth, although the best, and last, goal of the night was a 25-yard screamer from Betis' Loren Moron.